Given name
Jorgen
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
Jorgen is a variant of Jurgen. In German use, Jurgen carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jorgen is a variant of Jurgen. In German use, Jurgen carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jorgen connects to the George name family through Jurgen. George reached English through Old French and Latin from the Greek name Georgios.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Jorgen connects to the George name family through Jurgen. The shared background comes through George: Georgios comes from georgos, built from elements meaning “earth” and “to work.” Latin Georgius and Old French forms helped carry it into English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jorgen connects to the George name family through Jurgen. The history of George gives this family its wider story. Saint George gave the name a religious and legendary association; the dragon story developed in the Middle Ages. In England, George I’s accession in 1714 helped increase the name’s use beyond its earlier saintly associations.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jorgen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 489
- 489 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 791 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jorgen’s family of names
Jorgen shares a linguistic root with Jørgen. In Faroese usage, Jorgen has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jorge. Jorgen has a related form in Jurgen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jorgen has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jorgen
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